"​python"​ at the prompt (with no python enviroment modules loaded) defaults to /​usr/​bin/​python,​ which is the centos rpm installation of Python 2.6 with very few Python modules (installable code used with "​import"​ from Python source). ​ Use environment modules ("​module"​ command from Linux) to load the compiled version of Python 2.7 or Python 3. Please contact hpc-support to request install/​upgrade of Python modules, or you can install a private library with PYTHONUSERBASE,​ virtualenv, or anaconda (see below). You can also install a full version of Python in your user space, but it is quite large and takes a long time to compile.

"​python"​ at the prompt (with no python enviroment modules loaded) defaults to /​usr/​bin/​python,​ which is the centos rpm installation of Python 2.6 with very few Python modules (installable code used with "​import"​ from Python source). ​ Use environment modules ("​module"​ command from Linux) to load the compiled version of Python 2.7 or Python 3. Please contact hpc-support to request install/​upgrade of Python modules, or you can install a private library with PYTHONUSERBASE,​ virtualenv, or anaconda (see below). You can also install a full version of Python in your user space, but it is quite large and takes a long time to compile.

Anaconda is a prepackaged distribution of Python. Private installations can be made through conda environments similar to virtualenv environments. ​ ​Anaconda and Intel python can also use pip --user, but all python2.7 versions will install to the same user directory /​home/​$USER/​python2.7 .